antiquity

IPA: æntˈɪkwʌti

Ancient times; faraway history; former ages
The people of ancient times.
(obsolete) An old gentleman.
(history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
(often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
The period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Examples of "antiquity" in Sentences

There were Christian Platonists in antiquity who believed in reincarnation.
They have circulated all over the known world in antiquity and since through trade and collector markets.
There have been many republics in the past, both in what we call antiquity and in what we call the Middle Ages.
Antiquitas seculi iuventus mundi; what we call antiquity and are accustomed to revere as such was the youth of the world.
In Lent, there was in antiquity a particularly close connection between the celebration of the Divine Office and the Mass.
Nature made me realize, with something of the sense of discovery, how much of what we call antiquity is really a trick of Nature.
I wished there had been more detail on the frames but we realised that the makers were probably lost in antiquity as just nameless craftsmen.
And by that I mean anti-homosexuality have their roots in antiquity, and are linked to religious proscriptions against certain sex acts and are thus unconstitutional because it violates the whole no establishment of religion in government thing.